Vanessa Espinosa Ureta
I am a Master in Integrated Design from the Köln International School of Design (KISD) with a strong interest in designing services and experiences with minorities. As part of my thesis, I worked on a project with homeless citizens, social workers, and policymakers in order to acknowledge the potential of the active role of homeless citizens when design housing solutions at service and policy level.
To start solving homelessness, two paradigm shifts are necessary:
1.- Recognizing that housing is a human right and the starting point for ending homelessness, not the ending goal.
2.- Designing by, with and for homeless citizens. Practicing a human-centered approach including the first-hand experience of users affected by this problem giving them an active role in the solution.
http://espinosaureta.com/
Supervisors: Birgit Mager and Thomas Münch
Address: Germany
To start solving homelessness, two paradigm shifts are necessary:
1.- Recognizing that housing is a human right and the starting point for ending homelessness, not the ending goal.
2.- Designing by, with and for homeless citizens. Practicing a human-centered approach including the first-hand experience of users affected by this problem giving them an active role in the solution.
http://espinosaureta.com/
Supervisors: Birgit Mager and Thomas Münch
Address: Germany
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Countless organizations are working in the homeless sector; nevertheless, Germany has 1.2 million citizens living this reality every day. Solutions normally range from emergency charity services to quick-fixes, such as temporary accommodation.
This thesis work was based on 1) recognizing housing as a human right and the starting point for ending homelessness, not the ending goal; and 2) that permanent fixes can only be achieved by practicing a human-centered approach and including "experts by experience" (people with lived homelessness experience) as active actors in the development of solutions.
When facing a systemic issue as it is homelessness, there is a need for interventions at multiple levels from individually-focused solutions to large-scale social policies. Thus, the outcome of this thesis contemplated on the first hand, the construction of the IBWA model easy to replicate, based on the Initiative Bauen Wohnen Arbeiten in Cologne. And last but not least, a set of Principles developed by and with the "Self-representation of homeless people" to guide the collaboration hand by hand between service providers, policymakers and homeless citizens.
Vanessa Espinosa Ureta
Master of Arts Integrated Design
www.espinosaureta.com
Countless organizations are working in the homeless sector; nevertheless, Germany has 1.2 million citizens living this reality every day. Solutions normally range from emergency charity services to quick-fixes, such as temporary accommodation.
This thesis work was based on 1) recognizing housing as a human right and the starting point for ending homelessness, not the ending goal; and 2) that permanent fixes can only be achieved by practicing a human-centered approach and including "experts by experience" (people with lived homelessness experience) as active actors in the development of solutions.
When facing a systemic issue as it is homelessness, there is a need for interventions at multiple levels from individually-focused solutions to large-scale social policies. Thus, the outcome of this thesis contemplated on the first hand, the construction of the IBWA model easy to replicate, based on the Initiative Bauen Wohnen Arbeiten in Cologne. And last but not least, a set of Principles developed by and with the "Self-representation of homeless people" to guide the collaboration hand by hand between service providers, policymakers and homeless citizens.
Vanessa Espinosa Ureta
Master of Arts Integrated Design
www.espinosaureta.com